What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it?

Re:What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it? by elihu on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @12:52AM (#27600916)

You're right that Borda count on its own isn't a great system. Though an RCV-style system that eliminates candidates on the basis of least-Borda count would be something else. It might be better than either normal IRV or plain Borda count on their own. (Though I still think I'd rather go with approval voting or STAR.)

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Re:What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it? by vitus on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @07:39AM (#27603287)

It sounds like you're referring to

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanson%27s_method

and the related Baldwin's method, which, while being Condorcet methods, both fail monotonicity.

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Re:What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it? by elihu on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @06:09PM (#27611141)

I looks like what I was thinking of is Baldwin's method, actually. Failing monotonicity is still a problem, but it's actually pretty cool that it satisfies the Condorcet criterion. That seems like a pretty big step up from plain IRV.

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